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    AI Free . . .  Until it Doesn't - Pt I "Gradually and then Suddenly" Throughout history there have been many powerful civilizations and empires. Hanging Gardens Anyone? Different times, different parts of the world Okay so the world didn't end in 2012 - sue me!                             Different laws and customs                                          Pax Romana They all shared one thing however . . .  Rule Britannia . . . They All Died  I have been fascinated with history for a long time. In fact, my minor in college was world history. I was going to major in it but I found something even more worthless - political science. (My GPA was too low for Basket Weaving.)  I actually started this post years ago but just never quite got around to finishing it.  Given  current...

   It Doesn't Get Better with the Passing of Time Five years ago, almost to the day, Mrs Dear Leader and I were on our way back from FL when we were made aware of a tiny little change in our (by which I mean our country's ) lives. We had spent the night in Champaign IL and in the morning when I went down to take Prudie out and get MDL's morning coffee (our usual routine) the manager was there to greet everyone. Ominously, he said that there would only be coffee and a bagel, no breakfast; the governor had declared an emergency - now everyone go home!  Just like that o ur odyssey into the unknown had begun. Anyway, I thought it would be "fun" to re-post  a subtle reminder from that "unique" time. Here you go. Notes from a Prisoner in Solitary Confinement (Originally posted Apr 6, 2020) Home viewed pre-covid So here we are, trapped in our own homes – the horror of it all! You’d think that a guy who has been retired for a few years would be comfortable with ...